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The brother of a good friend was with the German Army in the states for some years.
Anywhere northwest - Washington state or Oregon I think.
He was driving a car and was stopped by the sheriff. The Sheriff said he was drunk, but he said he was not. He said he drank nothing for weeks.
But the sheriff said so. He said he had no Chance, was put to jail for a night, got a harsh financial punishment and had to put a control machine in his car so the car only would start if he is sober.
The machine costed ~ 2000 Dollar and often did not work so he was really pissed off.
He said he had no chance to prove he was sober with a blood test or anything - the word of the Sheriff is law.
Could that story be true?
The brother of a good friend was with the German Army in the states for some years.
Anywhere northwest - Washington state or Oregon I think.
He was driving a car and was stopped by the sheriff. The Sheriff said he was drunk, but he said he was not. He said he drank nothing for weeks.
But the sheriff said so. He said he had no Chance, was put to jail for a night, got a harsh financial punishment and had to put a control machine in his car so the car only would start if he is sober.
The machine costed ~ 2000 Dollar and often did not work so he was really pissed off.
He said he had no chance to prove he was sober with a blood test or anything - the word of the Sheriff is law.
Could that story be true?
Youre forgetting that the judge would have to be corrupt as well as the prosecutor as well as the public defender if he had one and if not why didnt he get a lawyer. I lean on the side of this is a fairy tale
In a small town in the middle of no where? Not that hard to believe at all. There has been stories like this before.
The brother of a good friend was with the German Army in the states for some years.
Anywhere northwest - Washington state or Oregon I think.
He was driving a car and was stopped by the sheriff. The Sheriff said he was drunk, but he said he was not. He said he drank nothing for weeks.
But the sheriff said so. He said he had no Chance, was put to jail for a night, got a harsh financial punishment and had to put a control machine in his car so the car only would start if he is sober.
The machine costed ~ 2000 Dollar and often did not work so he was really pissed off.
He said he had no chance to prove he was sober with a blood test or anything - the word of the Sheriff is law.
Could that story be true?
Yes stories, it also depends on when this happened, if it said what year I missed it. Nothing is hard to believe if you want to believe Pete
Legally this is how it works, you get a ticket for DWI you get arrested, you go in front of a judge or you make bail. You get a court date and the court <judge> determines guilt or innocense and the penalty. The prosecutor presents the case. Small town or not thats the legal procedure. I just dont believe it.
Most small town police swindles are they stop you and tell you either you pay them the fine on the spot which they pocket or they give you a ticket, arrest you and impound your car. That actually happened to me personally in South Carolina in the 60s There were 4 of us in the car and he wanted 15 bucks a piece he was a state police officer. Other swindles involve speed traps which the entire town is in collusion with to make revenue for the town and a other means. Most of them are all gone today you cant get away with that crap.
This story just doesnt jive to me I believe its bogus
The brother of a good friend was with the German Army in the states for some years.
Anywhere northwest - Washington state or Oregon I think.
He was driving a car and was stopped by the sheriff. The Sheriff said he was drunk, but he said he was not. He said he drank nothing for weeks.
But the sheriff said so. He said he had no Chance, was put to jail for a night, got a harsh financial punishment and had to put a control machine in his car so the car only would start if he is sober.
The machine costed ~ 2000 Dollar and often did not work so he was really pissed off.
He said he had no chance to prove he was sober with a blood test or anything - the word of the Sheriff is law.
Could that story be true?
And the reason I dont think it is bogus is the fact that many many police forces and local governments get most of their funding from fines or seizing stuff from people.. we saw that with Ferguson and other places. It is a dirty secret of local government in the US. John Oliver had a great story about that last year, but it has been discussed before.
So it would not shock me in any way that it happened at all.
The brother of a good friend was with the German Army in the states for some years.
Anywhere northwest - Washington state or Oregon I think.
He was driving a car and was stopped by the sheriff. The Sheriff said he was drunk, but he said he was not. He said he drank nothing for weeks.
But the sheriff said so. He said he had no Chance, was put to jail for a night, got a harsh financial punishment and had to put a control machine in his car so the car only would start if he is sober.
The machine costed ~ 2000 Dollar and often did not work so he was really pissed off.
He said he had no chance to prove he was sober with a blood test or anything - the word of the Sheriff is law.
Could that story be true?
Small town in the boondocks? It shouldn't happen, but it would not be a great surprise. I have had similar things happen to me in Eastern Europe a number of times.
I said to him I don´t believe btw ;o)
In the end the US are a constitutional state
but I myself woun´t travel to the states although I really would like to see places like New Orleans, New England and many others.
It´s because, and that is reportet by everybody I know who has been there, if you travel the states as a Eusopean (and may be most other Countrymen too) you are treated a little bit like a criminal at the customs. It´s the right of a country to do that if it thinks it brings safety, but I don´t want that for myself.
The brother of a good friend was with the German Army in the states for some years.
Anywhere northwest - Washington state or Oregon I think.
He was driving a car and was stopped by the sheriff. The Sheriff said he was drunk, but he said he was not. He said he drank nothing for weeks.
But the sheriff said so. He said he had no Chance, was put to jail for a night, got a harsh financial punishment and had to put a control machine in his car so the car only would start if he is sober.
The machine costed ~ 2000 Dollar and often did not work so he was really pissed off.
He said he had no chance to prove he was sober with a blood test or anything - the word of the Sheriff is law.
Could that story be true?
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